A Late Silurian (Pridolian) age for the Eastport Formation, Maine: A review of the fossil, stratigraphic, and radiometric-age data

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Churchill Dickson, Lisa ^a  

^a Maine State Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; SILURIAN;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAURENTIA; PRAGIA;

EID: 23744446737     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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